| INJECTABLE TREATMENTS | PEER-REVIEW A CROCANNULAE:
SIDE-EFFECT MI PROFILE OF
ABSTRACT The main aim of this article is to identify and quantify the side-effect profile of microcannulae with dermal filler treatments, specifically from a patient’s point of view. One of the biggest concerns patients have with dermal filler treatments is the degree and visibility of side-effects, and the extent they will have on impacting social events. Following on from the study reviewed in this article, the results will allow treating physicians to give a better understanding to their patients on the expected side-effect profile when using microcannulae.
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HE USE OF MICROCANNULAE FOR dermal filler treatments is a rapidly expanding treatment approach and has reached popularity among physicians over the last 2 years. The proposed benefits of
benefits of microcannulae, when compared with hypodermic needles, are
reduced downtime (trauma and bruising) and minimal insertion points.
microcannulae, when compared with hypodermic needles, are reduced downtime (trauma and bruising) and minimal insertion points. Furthermore, the progress of technology in the manufacturing of microcannulae has allowed physicians to treat every part of the face, neck, and hands. There are very few published
The proposed
studies that demonstrate the advantages, disadvantages, and differences
microcannulae and hypodermic . There have also been no studies, until now,
that specifically quantify the degree and profile of possible side-effects from a patient’s perspective with microcannulae, including erythema, bruising at insertion points, bruising of treated areas, pain and discomfort, swelling, tenderness at insertion point, tenderness of treated areas, and patient satisfaction following the dermal filler treatment with a microcannula2
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Alek Nikolic reviews the results of a study designed to identify the side-effect profile of microcannula dermal filler treatments from a patient’s point of view
ALEK NIKOLIC is an aesthetic physician with practices in Cape Town, South Africa, and London, UK. He is an appointed Allergan Local Country Mentor in Facial Aesthetics
email:
dralek@mweb.co.za
PATIENT PERSPECTIVE
KEYWORDS microcannula, hypodermic needle, dermal filler, bruising, insertion point, downtime
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